You know very well that England, as she is, is a country which has lost her ideals, a country in which many of her sons might indeed, without much reproach, lose their pride, Selingman knows this.

He knows how to work upon these facts.

He might very easily convince you that the truest service you could render your country was to assist her in passing through a temporary tribulation." He looked at her almost in surprise.
"You seem to know the man's methods," he observed.
"I do," she answered, "and I detest them.

Now, Francis, please tell me the truth.

Is your name, too, upon that long roll of those who are pledged to assist his country ?" "It is," he admitted.
She drew a little away.
"You admit it?
You have already consented ?" "I have drawn a quarter's salary," Norgate confessed.